MacBreak Weekly with Leo Laporte

Jun 16th 2026

MacBreak Weekly 1029

Intimate Functionalities

Is the New Siri AI Good?

New episodes every Tuesday.
Guests: John Gruber
Category: News

John Gruber of Daring Fireball joins the MacBreak Weekly panel this week! A deep dive into Apple's new Siri following WWDC. Why Apple Intelligence & the new Siri are not coming to the EU initially later this year. And could the iPhone Ultra's launch be delayed this year?

  • Private cloud compute severely limited for third party devs.
  • The future of Siri, or: why private inference isn’t private enough.
  • I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works.
  • How much Gemini is really inside Siri AI?
  • The EU's DMA Folly.
  • Reports of iPhone Ultra launch delays are ‘false,’ says leaker.
  • Apple Vision Pro helped Disney re-engineer a classic EPCOT ride.
  • Under-16 social media ban announced by UK government.
  • Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $25 Billion Deal.

Picks of the Week

  • Andy's Pick: Google Earth Flight Simulator for the Web
  • John's Pick: Hovercraft
  • Christina's Pick: Parachute Backup

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